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# Accounts Payable

To see how Accounts Payable work, reverse the scenario for Accounts Receivable: switch customer with supplier.

- If you buy materials "on account," accrual accounting requires that you record the expense immediately. Rather than reducing cash, put the "credit" into the Accounts Payable account.

- Three weeks later, the invoice comes in. You issue a payment, debiting A/P and crediting Cash.

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